Tag: blockhouses

  • November 27, 2025
    An Eastern Cape town where history lives on.
  • March 5, 2025
    Day-to-day routines of soldiers assigned to guard the 8 000-odd blockhouses spanning South Africa during the Anglo-Boer War.
  • September 26, 2025
    The ongoing fascination with Karoo blockhouses.
  • June 26, 2013
    Burgersdorp is an Eastern Cape town that knows how to preserve its history.
  • Laingsburg

    June 6, 2013
    Laingsburg is a great centre for hiking, fossil hunting, geological studies and Anglo-Boer War memories, in the form of British…
  • noupoort

    June 24, 2013
    Noupoort has a very rich Anglo-Boer War history - and possibly the finest British blockhouse in the southern hemisphere.
  • June 6, 2013
    If you like farm cricket and Anglo-Boer War relics, then Springfontein should be part of your travel plans.